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TV Execs Dominate List of Most Powerful Women in Entertainment

By Hillary Atkin CBS News anchor Katie Couric gave the keynote address this morning in Beverly Hills at the 19th annual event honoring the 100 most powerful women in the entertainment industry, sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter and presented by…

Tribune Lenders Race the Clock to File Suit Against Sam Zell

Tribune lenders are racing to file a lawsuit by tonight’s midnight deadline against real estate mogul Sam Zell, alleging the leveraged buyout of the company he engineered caused the business to quickly collapse, the New York Post reports. Lawyers for…

Some Theories About Why the NFL Is So Popular On TV This Season

"Since the TV season began last September, there has been only one game in town — the NFL. It’s no longer just the players on the field shattering records. A dramatic increase in viewers has given football its highest ratings…

What Happens When Subscribers to Cable or Satellite or Phone Company-Supplied TV Cancel Those Services and Go Back to Receiving Over-The-Air Stations With Rabbit Ears

In a feature article about consumers who have abandoned pay TV services to return to getting over-the-air channels there is some evidence pointing to the folks who do this are "20-somethings who pair over-the-air and Internet programming," reports The New…

Actors Unions Approve New Film & TV Contract

The joint board of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists overwhelmingly approved a recently negotiated film and TV contract on Saturday that will provide members with modest pay raises and an increase in employer contributions to their…

Howard Stern Poised to Move His Show to iTunes–If You Believe Rumors That Start With a Mysterious Tweet

With Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio deal running out soon, rumor has it the shock jock will take his show to Apple’s iTunes. At least that’s the story that was circulating on the Web today, when Rolling Stone, BizJournals.com, the…

Time Warner Cable Media Sales Exec Tells Congress a ‘Do Not Track’ Online Behavior Regulation Could Hurt ‘Vibrancy’ of the Internet

Joan Gillman, executive vice president of media sales for Time Warner Cable, told a congressional subcommittee that if the government implements any kind of "do not track" regulation preventing companies from tracking user behavior on theWweb, it could hurt the vibrancy…

NASA Announces Groundbreaking Development That Supports Theories of Life on Other Planets

Scientists working with NASA made an announcement today that may put to rest a flood of Internet rumors that followed the organization’s announcement Wednesday that it would be unveiling an “astrobiology finding," InformationWeek reports. The discovery may not have been…

‘Seinfeld’ Online Spinoff

One of the "Seinfeld" gang is returning in an online spinoff of sorts, the Associated Press reports. According to the story, "More than a decade after ‘Seinfeld’ ended, one of the TV series’ most beloved characters has been reborn online….

Diller Steps Down as CEO of IAC; Company Buys Out Malone

Reuters reports that Barry Diller is stepping down as chief executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp, and that the company has bought out one of its largest shareholders, John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. Liberty sold its equity stake in IAC for $220 million…